Catholic Dioceses

in

Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran)

Iran
by Typeby Nameby Ecclesiastical ProvinceVacantFormer
Ecclesiastical Provinces (3)AscendingTypeChurches and Bishops
Patriarchate Cilicia (Armenian Rite)Patriarchate Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (79) Seat in Lebanon Lebanon, not covering Iran.
Metr. Archdiocese Beirut / Beyrouth / Bairut (Armenian Rite)Metr. ArchdioceseSoorp Kreekor yev Soorp Eghia Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Dormition Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (79) Bishop Kévork Assadourian (64) Bishop Robert Badichah, I.C.P.B. (42)Seat in Lebanon Lebanon, not covering Iran.
Diocese Iskanderiya / Alexandria (Armenian Rite)DioceseCathédrale de l’Annonciation Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa (72)Seat in Egypt Egypt, not covering Iran.
Diocese Ispahan / Esfáan (Armenian Rite)DioceseSurp Grigor Lusavorich Cathedral Bishop Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B. (82)
Diocese Kameshli / Kamichlié (Armenian Rite)DioceseCathédrale Saint-Joseph Bishop Antranig Ayvazian (78) Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. (89)Seat in Syria Syria, not covering Iran.
Metr. Archdiocese Tehran / Teheran (Chaldean Rite)Metr. ArchdioceseCathedral of St. Joseph Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (47)
Metr. Archdiocese Urmyā / Rezayeh / Urmia (Chaldean Rite)Metr. ArchdioceseCathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (47) Archbishop Thomas Meram (82)
Diocese Salmas (Chaldean Rite)DioceseChurch of St Yaghou Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (47) Archbishop Thomas Meram (82)
Sui juris Jurisdictions (2)AscendingTypeChurches and Bishops
Archdiocese Ahvaz / Ahwaz (Chaldean Rite)ArchdioceseSurp Mesrob Church Archbishop Ramzi Garmou, Prado (80)
Archdiocese Tehran–IsfahanArchdioceseCathedral of the Consolata Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. (62) Archbishop Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B. (86)

Titular Metropolitan Sees (1): Rew-Ardashir (Chaldean Rite)

Titular Episcopal Sees (1): Soltania

Last updated on 2025.12.21

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